A groundnut is a peanut: the small brown nut people eat, and also the plant it grows on. The name is almost a little joke of nature. The plant flowers above the soil, then pushes the nuts down into the earth to finish growing, so people called them nuts of the ground.

A groundnut Groundnut is就是 a peanut花生：the small brown nut people eat人們吃的那顆棕色小堅果，and也 also the plant it grows on指它生長的那株植物。The name這個名字 is almost幾乎像是 a little joke of nature大自然開的一個小玩笑。The plant這種植物 flowers above the soil在土壤上方開花，then然後 pushes the nuts down into the earth to finish growing把堅果推進土裡完成生長，so所以 people called them nuts of the ground人們把它們叫做「地上的堅果」。

In American English you will nearly always hear peanut; groundnut can sound old, farm-like, or like English from another country. In Britain, and in much of Africa and South Asia, groundnut is still a normal word, especially on oil bottles and in farming.

In American English在美式英語裡，you will nearly always hear peanut你幾乎都會聽到peanut；groundnut groundnut can sound old, farm-like, or like English from another country聽起來可能有點老派、有農場感，或像是別的國家的英文。In Britain, and in much of Africa and South Asia在英國，還有非洲和南亞的許多地方，groundnut groundnut is still a normal word仍然是常見的字，especially on oil bottles and in farming尤其是在油瓶標籤上和農業用語裡。

Though actually, a few other plants with nuts under the soil also get called groundnut in some places, but in learner English this word means the peanut you already know.

Though actually不過其實，a few other plants with nuts under the soil also get called groundnut in some places有些地方也把其他長在土裡的堅果植物叫做groundnut，but但是 in learner English this word means the peanut you already know在學習英語的情境裡，這個字指的就是你已經知道的花生。